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Back by popular demand ! March dates added. Equity in Board Development Part 1- March 15 & Part 2- March 22 REGISTER NOW!

CBK Enterprises - Chimi Boyd-Keyes, Speaker - Trainer - Entrepreneur - Consultant Cultivating safe, inclusive environments through innovation and collaboration

EQUITY in Board Development- Part 1 & Part 2
Facilitator: Chimi Boyd-Keyes, MA | Founder, CBK Enterprises
Creating a great board is on-going process of building and developing a group of people that will preserve and enhance the character, growth and influence of the agency and maximize the agency’s contribution in the lives of people and in the community it serves. How do we ensure that equity is centered in our board development efforts? These workshops are designed to explore:
• Key considerations in board development
• How to increase board representation
• Creating environments that make people feel heard and valued
• Why board members quit
• Why boards struggle with equity goals
• How to build an equity action plan for the board

Dates (virtual platform):
Part 1- Tues February 8; 5-7pm EDT
Part 2- Thurs February 17; 5-7pm EDT

Fees: $100 per person
or $500 for an agency to send the entire board (up to 8 people)

To register https://bit.ly/34kgJsQ

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At The Table

Have you ever wondered why folx from marginalized communities are less represented in your staff, board, or client base? Do you see a revolving door once they come? Do you sense that you could be doing better but not sure how? We can assist!

This in-depth, intensive personalized program is designed for organizations or departments that are interested in doing diversity, equity and inclusion work between employees, board members and/or volunteers. We want to be sure that we all have a seat at the table and our place at the table is valued.

Program Outcomes:

Upon completion of this work, staff, board and volunteers will be able to:

1. Examine privilege and power at the personal/individual level as well as at the system/organizational level.

2. Own/identify the responsibility and accountability you all have as professionals, individually and collectively, in dismantling privilege/power and acting from that position.

3. Explore intersections of identity within the community you serve

4. Identify obstacles presented by systems, procedures and culture and remove them as appropriate.

5. Identify what happens in the community that interrupts cultural norms and/or institutional practices that are oppressive and/or actively creates explicitly anti-oppression norms or practices.

6. Examine current practices to ensure inclusive, intersectional work with the community.

7. Identify next steps to continue this work, and

8. Leave with resources on best practices, models and references to continue your work.



Program format:

As a group (all organizations at one time)-

· Foundations: Two 2-hour virtual trainings that focus on understanding terms and language as well as historical and contemporary influences on marginalized populations (LGBTQ+, non-binary folks, BIPOC (Black Indigenous and other People of Color), women, immigrants and other communities that organizations serve.

· Skills Building- One 2-hour virtual training that focuses on allyship as a first step and what it means to take responsibility for dismantling oppression as an individual and as agency



As individual agencies (personalized work with YOUR org ONLY)-

· Organizational assessment of employees, board and volunteers via surveys and interviews

· Three 2-hour virtual sessions where we work together on action planning and concrete steps for moving forward

· Two one-hour follow-up phone consultations and/or virtual meetings for employees and boards- Participants will identify what aspects of their Action Plan were completed; what change occurred and how they can continue to sustain the changes they began.



Time required: 6-9 months

Costs:

Tier 1- 10 or less employees: $6,000 per organization

Tier 2- 11-25 employees: $7,500 per organization

Tier 3- more than 25 employees: $10,000 per organization



Contact: Chimi Boyd-Keyes at [email protected]



About the company:

http://www.chimi.biz

Based in North Carolina, CBK Enterprises (Legal name: Legacy-NC) is an intersectional for-profit consulting firm that focuses on racial and gender equity with particular expertise in training, strategic planning and assessment of organizations. The motto for CBK Enterprises is “cultivating safe, inclusive environments through innovation and collaboration.’ CBK Enterprises has existed since 2010 and has always had diversity, inclusion and equity as its central focus. We believe in connecting individuals to community goals so that they see that our work is bound together. When a community is elevated, every individual benefits. We are a team of dedicated staff who wish to enhance their services to all members of the community by taking an intentional approach toward equity, inclusiveness, anti-oppression, and anti-racism.

CBK Enterprises - Chimi Boyd-Keyes, Speaker - Trainer - Entrepreneur - Consultant Cultivating safe, inclusive environments through innovation and collaboration

I am excited to share my latest program designed specifically to do intensive DEI work with orgs!